Omaha Sun

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Omaha Sun
Type Weekly newspaper
FoundedDecember 27, 1951
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publicationAugust 31, 1983
Headquarters Omaha, Nebraska

The Omaha Sun was a weekly newspaper that published from December 27, 1951 to August 31, 1983. [1] It was formerly owned by Berkshire Hathaway, a company headed by investor Warren Buffett. [2]

The staff of The Sun Newspapers of Omaha, Nebraska was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting in 1973 for uncovering the large financial resources of Boys Town, a Catholic youth care center and charity, leading to reforms in the organization's solicitation and use of funds contributed by the public. [2] [3]

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought the newspapers in 1968. The company sold them in 1980 to Hyde Park Herald publisher Bruce Sagan. The Sun newspapers stopped publishing in 1983. [1]

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  2. 1 2 "Like many nonprofits, their mission started to drift -". Philanthropy Daily. 2017-10-31. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  3. The Pulitzer Prizes. "The 1973 Pulitzer Prize Winner". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2020-09-29.